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feature request: \setuptyping[ignorefirstspace=yes]
by Peter Münster 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hello, Something like \setuptyping[ignorefirstspace=yes] would be nice, to be able to format the source text with indentation but let the typing environment ignore this indentation. Example: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuptyping[margin=3em, ignorefirstspace=yes] \starttext This: \starttyping some typing \stoptyping should be same as this: \starttyping some typing \stoptyping This: \startcolor[blue] \starttyping some typing \stoptyping \stopcolor should be same as this: \startcolor[blue] \starttyping some typing \stoptyping \stopcolor some text \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Typesetting chess boards
by Maurício 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi, What is the easiest way to include chess boards in a Context document? Thanks, Maurício

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Package for Notepad++ v. 5.0.3
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Alan Stone <software.list.1es9s <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi Idris, > > Thanks a lot. > > One question though... > > I installed Npp, downloaded the context support package for Npp and > extracted the zip file. > > What/where are the setup instructions please ? > > Best, > Alan > Seems like Idris forgot to include the readme, incase it hasn't been attached check out the 1 November 2007 rev from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt.zip your sure to find it there. Put everything in ConTeXt.zip in the same folder you extracted mswincontext.zip (182 mb) then run NPP.bat. Make sure you adjust acrobat.lnk appriopriately as the path is hard-coded. And what OS are you using? Mohamed

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Problem in upgrading to the latest context
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi, I use ubuntu and tried to update to the latext context with sudo ctxtools --updatecontext It went smoothly but after I tried sudo texexec --make --luatx en I got an error complaining that it can not find context.tex. Any idea?

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Changing sections, formula,... numbering order
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi everyone, I want to use context+xetex for right-to-left typesetting and need to know if it is possible to use the command \pagedir TRT in this situation. (I tested that apparently only \pardir TRT is active). If the answer of the above question is negative I would like to know how can I change numbering direction of sections, formulas, etc. Thanks

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SciTE in ConTeXt setup
by Alan Stone 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi, I've switched from Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition) running from within Windows XP + VirtualBox to a stand-alone Ubuntu installation. Installed - ConTeXt minimals in /opt/context - SciTE through the Synaptic Package Manager, and followed the "SciTE in ConTeXt" manual instructions : * Re. §2: Installing SciTE Copied - /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/context/data/*.properties files and - /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/scite-ctx.lua to /usr/share/scite Then - included the line 'import context.properties' at the end of /home/(username)/.SciTEUser.properties * Re: §3: The TeX lexer Put context.properties in the same path as SciTEUser.properties - and to add import context.properties ( instead of import context - see pg 4 ): done already in the previous step FYI, doing so, context.properties is then in /usr/share/scite *and* /home/(username) !? Launching SciTE from a terminal window... Setting "/opt/context/tex" as TEXROOT. (username)@home:/opt/context/tex$ scite launches SciTE however syntax highlighting doesn't work Setting "/opt/context/tex" as TEXROOT. alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ export declare -x COLORTERM="gnome-terminal" declare -x CTXMINIMAL="yes" declare -x DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-GagB6b6HXV,guid=66e95a0ba305ba645af20dad48aeff98" declare -x DESKTOP_SESSION="default" declare -x DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID="" declare -x DISPLAY=":0.0" declare -x GDMSESSION="default" declare -x GDM_LANG="en_US.UTF-8" declare -x GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION="local" declare -x GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID="Default" declare -x GNOME_KEYRING_PID="6056" declare -x GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET="/tmp/keyring-uBnsHP/socket" declare -x GPG_AGENT_INFO="/tmp/seahorse-OHgHbT/S.gpg-agent:6110:1" declare -x GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/alan/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2" declare -x HISTCONTROL="ignoreboth" declare -x HOME="/home/alan" declare -x HOMETEXMF="/nonexist" declare -x LANG="en_US.UTF-8" declare -x LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s" declare -x LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s" declare -x LOGNAME="alan" declare -x LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:" declare -x MPMEMS="\$TEXMFOS/web2c{/\$engine,}" declare -x OLDPWD="/opt/context/tex" declare -x PATH="/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" declare -x PWD="/opt/context/tex" declare -x RUBYLIB="/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby:/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby:" declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/home:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6057" declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash" declare -x SHLVL="2" declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/keyring-uBnsHP/ssh" declare -x TERM="xterm" declare -x TEXFORMATS="\$TEXMFOS/web2c{/\$engine,}" declare -x TEXMF="{\$TEXMFPROJECT,\$TEXMFFONTS,\$TEXMFLOCAL,\$TEXMFOS,\$TEXMFCONTEXT,\$TEXMFEXTRA,!!\$TEXMFMAIN}" declare -x TEXMFCACHE="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache" declare -x TEXMFCNF="\$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c" declare -x TEXMFCONTEXT="/opt/context/tex/texmf-context" declare -x TEXMFDBS="{\$TEXMFPROJECT,\$TEXMFFONTS,\$TEXMFLOCAL,\$TEXMFOS,\$TEXMFCONTEXT,\$TEXMFEXTRA,!!\$TEXMFMAIN}" declare -x TEXMFEXTRA="/opt/context/tex/texmf-extra" declare -x TEXMFFONTS="/opt/context/tex/texmf-fonts" declare -x TEXMFLOCAL="/opt/context/tex/texmf-local" declare -x TEXMFMAIN="/opt/context/tex/texmf" declare -x TEXMFOS="/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux" declare -x TEXMFPROJECT="/opt/context/tex/texmf-project" declare -x TEXMFVAR="/texmf-var" declare -x TEXROOT="/opt/context/tex" declare -x USER="alan" declare -x USERNAME="alan" declare -x VARTEXMF="/texmf-var" declare -x WINDOWID="52437808" declare -x WINDOWPATH="7" declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/alan/.Xauthority" declare -x XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/" declare -x XDG_SESSION_COOKIE="9ecb3383cfbad7bac2c96be048adcf2a-1219428246.634999-1846302211" alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ texexec --check TeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: unknown TeXExec | format path: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c TeXExec | start of analysis TeXExec | end of analysis TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXUtil | version 9.1.0 - 1997-2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.5 - 2004/2008 - PRAGMA ADE alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ ---> TeXExec | context source date: unknown !? Launching >texexec --check from the SciTE output window gives sh: texexec: not found >Exit code: 127 ruby, tidy, xsltproc, gv and rxvt are installed texexec.rb is in /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby What's missing ? Thanks, Alan

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Installing Scite
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

All, I've installed Context Minimals from: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip Did a:

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Installing Scite
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

All, I have Miktex installed. Downloaded and installed: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip to c:\context. When I run startupcontext.bat (contains the setuptex.bat command), I can compile at the dos prompt with either context sscon.tex or texmfstart texexec sccon.tex. Download and extracted: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/wscite176.zip?download to c:\wscite Dragged over the *.properties files to c:\wscite. On the last line of SciTEGlobal.properties, I added the line "import context". Testfile sscon.tex: \starttext Hello, World!" \stoptext Hitting Ctrl+F7 to compile gives this error: >texmfstart concheck sccon.tex >The system cannot find the file specified. That concheck does not look correct. Hitting F7 to build gives this error: >texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf sccon.tex >The system cannot find the file specified. How am I going to get Scite to find this location? D.

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Minimal Windows install
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

All, I've installed Miktex, the latest version. Then I installed Minimal Context following directions on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals Namely: Download and unzip context-setup-mswin.zip Run first-setup.bat, go for a coffee. Ran the setuptex.bat as descibed. NOw I have this metapost file: input mp-tool; beginfig(1); numeric u; 10u=4in; drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.top(btex $\phi$ etex, (0,5u)); pair A, B, C; A:=(0,0) scaled u; B:=(5,5) scaled u; C:=(5,0) scaled u; drawdblarrow B--A--C; draw anglebetween(B--A,C--A,btex $\theta$ etex); endfig; end. When I compile it: C:\temp>texmfstart texexec --mpgraphic jack.mp I get the strangest result. See: http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/jack.pdf Bug? Log file: http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/texexec.log

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Re: [NTG-context] Miktex still broken
by Peter Wüsten 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

> The context in Miktex is still broken. Has anyone got experience > installing the standalone version of context on windows alongside > Miktex? As I have quite some legacy LaTeX-files I have Miktex 2.7, standalone Context, and a Context minimals installation on my system. They co-exist nicely on my system: Rather than pointing my path environment variable to any of those installations permanently I use batch-files to initialize whatever system I'd like to work with. These are the batch files I use; your paths will vary: - for running Miktex: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM setupmiktex.bat @echo off set PATH=C:\Programme\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\bin;%PATH% "C:\Programme\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - for running the ConTeXt maximals (aka ConTeXt standalone): ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM cstart.bat @echo off usr\local\context\cscite.bat usr\local\context ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - for running the minimals: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM setupminimals.bat @ECHO OFF E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex\setuptex.bat E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ you'll also have to add a line at the bottom of setuptex.bat, under :done call c:\ruby\scite\scite.exe or whatever editor you use. > And one specific question, will the mptopdf command work in this dual > installation? I think so; at least running "mptopdf -v" from a console window invoked from the editor made mptopdf tell me there was no file called '-v' to process ;-) Cheers, Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Package for Notepad++ v. 5.0.3
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <ishamid <at> colostate.edu> writes: > > > On my Vista 64bit box I had trouble running the default "Process > > ConTeXt file (pdf)" command, the document compiles fine but fails on > > opening adobe reader; > > > > TeXExec | runtime: 3.646 > > <<< Process finished. > > acrobat.bat && pdfopen --file "C:\context\test.pdf" > > CreateProcess() failed > > ================ READY ================ > > Hmm, try making .LNK files executable in Control Panel, System, > Advanced, Environment Variables. > > The reason I use acrobat.lnk is because it does not rezize my acrobat > window the way texexec's autopdf option does. I want my Acrobat window to > be positioned in the same place and size whenever I open it. > > Best wishes > Idris > That's strange. Have you tried edit->prefs->documents then enable "restore last view settings when reopening documents"?

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different layout in the table of content
by Eric DÉTREZ 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

hello I wish to show le numeration differently. if a is the chapter number, b the section number and c the subsubsection chapter number, I write a.bc. L. Cheno showed me how to do this in the head number : ***************************** \def\Numeros#1.#2.#3{{#1}.{#2}{#3}} \def\CNumeros#1#2{\expandafter\Numeros\currentheadnumber\ {#2}} \setuphead[subsection][command=\CNumero] ***************************** Unfortunately this doesn't work in the table of contents. How can we change the look of the numeration in the toc ?

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\setuptolerance and vertical spacing
by Olivier Guéry 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Hello, I'm still trying to play with pdf for my Sony e-reader. So, I need to setup \setuptolerance It work's great for the horizontal tolerance but I can't understand anything about the vertical one :-p It seems that I can't do anything to force page cutting after hyphenate at the end of the last line. I tried fine setting with \widowpenalty, \brokenpenalty, \clubpenalty 'et al' from the « style » documentation at pragma but no effects. In the documentation I read that I can't use \setuptolerance for both vertical and horizontal. Is it still true ? (I tried, of course ! No effects). Best, Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] http://nemolivier.blogspot.com

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ConTeXt Package for Notepad++ v. 5.0.3
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Dear gang, I have uploaded the latest version of the ConTeXt support package for Notepad++. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt.zip It has been updated to 5.0.3, the latest stable version. The main difference in the package is the new autocompletion file format. See context.xml. I have also included the Explorer plugin and the latest NppExec plugin (2.4) -- the NppExec that comes with 5.0.3 is just slightly out of date (2.4 RC1). Npp now supports calltips. I was thinking of adding them to context.xml but it would be very time-consuming. Basically, when typing a context command you would get a little window giving you some info about that command if you want it. I may make some suggestions to the Npp team to make this feature more useful. Anyway, Npp keeps getting better and better. It recently won the SourceForge's Community Choice Awards for Best Tool or Utility for Developers: http://ostatic.com/169634-blog/sourceforges-community-choice-awards-winners… There are just a few more things Npp could use to make this a near-perfect ConTeXt editor, I'll bug the developers soon... Npp can now use external lexers. Eventually I would like to translate the ConTeXt syntax setup to a lexer so we can add a bit more flexibility. Lexer development is way beyond my skills at the moment but if anyone is interested in contributing to this I'd be happy for the help. F7 will repeat the last script executed by F6. So it behaves differently than F7 in Hans' Scite setup (Build). I use NppExec instead of Run anyway. In the next version, I may deprecate the Run menu commands and attach the shortcuts to the NppExec scripts; I think there is even a way to then may a menu of these NppExec shortcuts. This will allow for easier tweaking and experimenting by users, and also updating when Hans changes things ;-) The startstop module is still included, though Hans has just added support for footnote etc environments so that part of the module can be commented out. For mkiv a new sectioning mechanism is on the way, and mkii users can still use Wolfgang's module. See startstop.tex. The original instructions are here: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070813.050137.7a5796f0.en.html Enjoy! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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synctex
by Patrick Gundlach 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Hi, I don't know if this has been discussed before: is there a working setup with synctex? All I get a pointer to \stoptext when I click on any position in the PDF file. Any magick to do? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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MacTex Update
by David Arnold 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

All, If you have a MacTex installation, how can you safely update the context installation that comes with MacTex? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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Miktex still broken
by David Arnold 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

All, The context in Miktex is still broken. Has anyone got experience installing the standalone version of context on windows alongside Miktex? And one specific question, will the mptopdf command work in this dual installation? Thanks. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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inframed : makes a newline
by Eric DÉTREZ 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

Hello When I use a inframed command at the start of a line it doesn't allow to be continued by text : ****************************************************** \starttext blabla \inframed{essai} blabla \inframed{essai} blabla \stoptext ****************************************************** gives ------------------ blabla framed{essai} blabla framed{essai} blabla ------------------ I expected ------------------ blabla framed{essai} blabla framed{essai} blabla ------------------ Is it anything to do ?

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Line under footer
by Holzminister 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Hi there! I managed to draw a line under my footer (with the help of this mailing list, of course ;) ), but how can I change its thickness? This doesn't seem to work: \setupbackgrounds[footer][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on, height=0pt, depth=3pt] Same effect with this one: \setupbackgrounds[footer][text][frame=off, bottomframe=on, height=3pt] Regards, Eyke

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Delicious - I'm still confused
by Piotr Kopszak 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

Hello list, Sorry for being boring, but I still can't figure out whether Delicious font can or cannot be used with latest beta. It still does not work for me. Strangely mtxrun --script font --list|grep deli gives deliciousbold Delicious-Bold Delicious-Bold.otf deliciousbolditalic Delicious-BoldItalic Delicious-BoldItalic.otf deliciousheavy Delicious-Heavy Delicious-Heavy.otf deliciousheavymedium Delicious-Heavy Delicious-Heavy.otf deliciousitalic Delicious-Italic Delicious-Italic.otf deliciousmedium Delicious-Roman Delicious-Roman.otf deliciousroman Delicious-Roman Delicious-Roman.otf delicioussmallcaps Delicious-SmallCaps Delicious-SmallCaps.otf delicioussmallcapsmedium Delicious-SmallCaps Delicious-SmallCaps.otf but texexec --lua --pdf delicious-test has problems: define font | forced type otf of Delicious-Roman not found define font | font with name Delicious-Roman is not found define font | unknown font Delicious-Roman, loading aborted ! Font \*delicious12ptsstfss*:=Delicious-Roman.otf at 12pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. Piotr -- -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://okle.pl

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Place for exercises and solutions
by batela 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Dear Sirs, I'm writing a chemical book and I want include some exercises in the end of each chapter. In the source file the solutions are placed after the related exercise. In the .pdf file the exercises should be located at end of each chapter, but the solutions should appear in the end of the book. Did anybody has a similar implementation? Thanks a lot Jorge Magalhães Abraços, Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães

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Differences between \setupfootnotedefinition and \setupfootnotes
by Holzminister 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Hi! Can anyone explain the differences between the mentioned commands? Thanks in advance, Eyke

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grouped sections and footnotes
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Hi Hans, I am using a module -- non-distributed as far as I know -- created by Wolfgang. It provides grouped sectioning and footnotes: ====startstop-t.tex====== \unprotect \def\????se{@@@@se} \def\definegroupedsection[#1]% {\setvalue{\e!start#1}[##1]% {\getparameters[\????se#1][\c!ref=,\c!title=,##1]% \getvalue{#1}[\getvalue{\????se#1\c!ref}]{\getvalue{\????se#1\c!title}}} \setvalue{\e!stop#1}{\relax}} \def\definegroupednote[#1]% {\edef\currentnote{#1}% \def\dostartcurrentnote[##1][##2]{\setnote[##1][##2]\bgroup\ignorespaces}% \setvalue{\e!start\currentnote}{\dodoubleempty\dostartcurrentnote[#1]}% \setvalue{\e!stop\currentnote}{\removeunwantedspaces\egroup\noteparameter\c!next}} \definegroupedsection[title] \definegroupedsection[chapter] \definegroupedsection[section] \definegroupedsection[subsection] \definegroupedsection[subsubsection] \definegroupednote [footnote] \setupfootnotes[next=\autoinsertnextspace] \protect \starttext \starttitle[title=Title] \stoptitle \startchapter[title=Chapter] \startsection[title=Section] \input knuth Text \startfootnote[nabiyy] A footnote \stopfootnote text \startsubsection[title=Subsection] Text \startfootnote A footnote. See \in{footnote}[nabiyy] \stopfootnote text \startsubsubsection[title=Subsubsection] Text \startfootnote A footnote \stopfootnote text \stopsubsubsection \stopsubsection \stopsection \stopchapter \stoptext ========================= Question: a) Have you added support for grouped sectioning and footnotes in mkiv yet? b) Does the above code seem safe for mkiv? c) (For Wolfgang:) Has the above code been updated or extended etc. yet? For long documents this kind of grouping has become indispensable (easy code-folding etc.) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Non-printable Unicode control characters
by Khaled Hosny 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

Unicode has many "control characters" that only control text behaviour and shouldn't be rendered visually in the text, such as Bidi_Control and Join_Control chars (see http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/PropList.txt and http://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UCD.html) Currently, ConTeXt handles ZWJ and ZWNJ, but other characters get rendered if the font has glyphs for them or make no effect at all if the font has no glyphs for them. I think that the optimum behaviour is to make those characters affect text formatting while not visually rendered whether the font has glyphs for them or not. It might be also useful if we can enable rendering those characters manually, for drafts and such. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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Some Arabic ligatures get rendered twice
by Khaled Hosny 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

Some Arabic ligatures get rendered twice, I think this happens when a ligature can be divided into subligatures, say ABC ligature where the font has an AB ligature, in this case A+B+C get rendered as ABC+AB. See the attached example. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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Enabling character mirroring without enabling "implicit bidi"
by Khaled Hosny 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

Currently, \enablecharactermirroring[1] also enables "implicit bidi", but, unfortunately, current ConTeXt bidi implementation isn't very useful. I know this is work in progress, but I like to be able to have simple character mirroring i.e. \textdir TRT will mirror all brackets as it currently make any text RTL. With the current situation, I'm almost unable to typeset any real Arabic document. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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updating to new release
by Alan Bowen 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

I updated to the latest ConTeXt but now get the following error message when I process my files (using TeXShop as the front end, and TeXLive 2007): ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.04 10:10 MKII fmt: 2008.8.9 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2008.08.04 10:10 MKII FilesVersion : 2008.08.09 18:12 The updating process included sudo texhash sudo texexec --make --all so I am puzzled about why the problem occurs. Note: texmfstart ctxtools --contextversion returns CtxTools | context version: 2008.08.09 18:12 (/usr/local/texlive/2007/ texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2008.08.09 18:12 (/usr/local/texlive/2007/ texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex) Reinstalling ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.04 obviates the problem. Alan

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Partly OT: some luatex questions
by Ulrike Fischer 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

I'm currently trying if I can use luatex on my miktex installation and together with LaTeX. I have downloaded the executable (Version snapshot-0.29.0-2008071816) from the context-minimals and made a simple texmf.cnf and build some formats (the formats don't contain something luatex specific, they simply load latex.ltx). Things works quite fine, my (pdf)lualatex is running and is finding all the ressources (fonts, styles etc) from my miktex-trees. But I have some problems I don't know how to solve. 1. In the following document there is no space between the a and the y: \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \noindent a\\y \bigskip a\par y \end{document} It looks as if the lines have only the depth from their content. 2. I found here some code to use truetype and opentype fonts: http://luatex.bluwiki.com/go/Use_a_TrueType_font But while testing the code I run in two two problems: a) I tested it with a latin modern font and arial and with both fonts all lines of a text are printed one above the other. It looks as if none of the lines have a height and a depth. b) I also tried MnSymbol5.otf and there I get an error "invalid character". (I tried to get an "A"). With xetex the font works fine. I would be quite grateful if someone could tell me how to solve this problems. -- Ulrike Fischer

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Re: [NTG-context] Table heading repeating on a new page
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang <at> googlemail.com> writes: > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:29 PM, <abbg770 <at> city.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to do this? As in the "Chance this" and "To this" > > headings are repeated on the top of each page > > > > Beware the images are big; > > > > -http://imagebin.org/24166 > > -If the above doesn't work; http://imagebin.ca/view/LWZdNWP5.html > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview > > Wolfgang > Thanks For anyone interested; just run the example from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE#Multipage_TABLEs. -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Caption on the right side of a figure
by Flavien Lambert 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Dear all, I try - as indicated in the title - to put the caption of a figure on its right side. I used (among other attempts) \setupcaptions[location=high] and \setupfloat[figure][location=left] but the figure is still on the right side. Can you give me the good options for inverting captions and figures ? Thanks in advance. -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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Re: [NTG-context] \setupbibtex[sort=author]
by Michael Green 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> Michael Green wrote: >> >> That is exactly right: I did have two \setupbibtex commands. Thanks! >> > > it is good to know that my glass orb is still working :-) It WAS a little spooky. mjg

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stay on grid in double column
by Jelle Huisman 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi, I have text with a small intro section in a double column environment. The main text is set on a grid and the intro text is slightly off-grid with a \vskip -2pt before and a \vskip 2pt after the intro. As this sample shows this works fine, until the intro text is broken over two columns. In that case the last part of the intro starts on grid (in the second column) and the main text is moved off-grid and does not longer register with the main text in the first column :( [see example code]. Is there is way to detect and prevent this (automatically)? Can ConTeXt remember that it is setting some text \vskip-ped, while it is breaking the current paragraph over columns? (Basically I want to keep all the B's on the grid and all the A's \vskipped.) Thanks, Jelle % sample code \definecolumnset[doublecolumn][n=2] \setupcolumnset[doublecolumn][2][distance=5mm] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=11pt] \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext \startcolumnset[doublecolumn] \ss \subject{Header} \dorecurse{2}{\vskip -2pt This text is vskipped. A \dorecurse{40}{ aa aa} \vskip 2pt % intro text This text should stay on the grid. B \dorecurse{270}{ bb bb}} % main text should stay on grid \stopcolumnset \stoptext

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letter module
by Roger Mason 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hello, I just downloaded the letter module and installed it by unzipping the t-letter.zip file into /usr/local/context_minimal/. When I try a test letter: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \startletter It is raining again. \stopletter \stoptext context fails with: systems : system commands are enabled system : module letter not found (/usr/local/context_minimal/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex loading : Context Sorting Macros (languages) (/usr/local/context_minimal/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) (/usr/local/context_minimal/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file ltrtest at line 3 ! Undefined control sequence. l.4 \startletter ? The log file tells me "ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.08 14:35 MKII fmt: 2008.5.6 int: english/english" This is on a Gentoo Linux system. Thanks for any help, Roger

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texmfstart texexec
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Dear gang, I am upgrading my system to the latest mswincontext distro. After some hiccups, context.cmd finds its target script, so I can generate the mkiv format But for texmfstart.exe texexec I keep getting ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) texmfstart --locate texexec.rb gives me /texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb Any ideas on what's wrong? Best wishes Idris PS I like the new directory structure -- texmf-cache, texmf-context etc. -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] \setupbibtex[sort=author]
by Michael Green 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Michael Green wrote: > > I would like to have a list of references sorted alphabetically by > > author surnames. > > > > My environment file has \setupbibtex[sort=author] and > > \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] > > You probably have two \setupbibtex commands then, and that is > currently not allowed. > > The \setupbibtex command with the database= line wins, and if that > one doesn't have a sort=, the default cont-no.bst will be used. > > Best wishes, > Taco That is exactly right: I did have two \setupbibtex commands. Thanks! mjg

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\setupbibtex[sort=author]
by Michael Green 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

I would like to have a list of references sorted alphabetically by author surnames. My environment file has \setupbibtex[sort=author] and \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] As I understand it, the \setupbibtex instruction is supposed to influence the .aux file. Specifically, the .aux file is supposed to include this line: \bibstyle{cont-au}. Then, bibtex will read the aux file and produce a .bbl file that is sorted alphabetically. Then ConTeXt's bib module will read the .bbl file and follow the sorting it finds in that file. However, after each ConTeXt run this line in the .aux file is set as \bibstyle{cont-no}. This happens in both Mk IV and Mk II, ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.05 18:47 I can change the relevant line in the aux file by hand, from \bibstyle {cont-no} to \bibstyle{cont-au}. This gives me the desired result when the file was processed by ConTeXt. The reference list is sorted alphabetically. In fact, subsequent ConTeXt runs using Mk IV (but not Mk II) produce an alphabetically sorted reference list, despite the changed line in the .aux file, provided bibtex is not run in the meantime. (Mk II runs it automatically but Mk IV doesn't ... I think) But this is not a fully stable situation. Suppose the bib file changes. Then I would run bibtex again. And then the alphabetical sorting is undone. Or, it was when I tested it. I don't know if this is a bug, a misunderstanding on my part, or a feature to be added later. If my memory is correct, this is not the way that Mk II used to behave. But in any event, It would be great to know of a more automatic way of handling this if one is available. Thank you! Michael

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Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi Mojca, On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:06:59 -0600, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> But for >> >> texmfstart.exe texexec >> >> I keep getting >> >> ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError) >> >> texmfstart --locate texexec.rb >> >> gives me >> >> /texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb >> >> Any ideas on what's wrong? > > I would say it's a broken ruby installation, or some other file is > broken, but I cannot find anything in ConTeXt, maybe in standalone > ConTeXt environment ... I tried moving all setuptex.bat variables to the global XP environment variables. Then I could make a pdftex format without cscite.bat. But I could not run any pdftex files because texexec keeps looking for the format in -local/web2c/pdftex instead of -mswin\web2c\pdftex. I've removed those global variables and again trying to get setuptex/cscite.bat/pdftex working. > Can you try to find a string "ubygems" in some .rb file? It should be > "rubygems" at most, but I have no idea where this is comming from. That is weird indeed. Thnx and Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Lastest Build on TeXlive 2008 and MikTeX 2.7
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

On Aug 14 2008, abbg770(a)city.ac.uk wrote: > Thomas A. Schmitz <thomas.schmitz <at> uni-bonn.de> writes: > > > > > Did you remake the formats after unzipping cont-tmf.zip? The format > > texexec finds is from 2007/01, so it can't be the one that comes with > > TeXLive 2008, it must be some older stuff that shadows newer formats. > > What does > > kpsewhere --engine=pdftex cont-en.fmt > > return? > > > > Thomas > > I made a typo, it's texlive 2007. > > $ texexec --make --all > > // ouput at end of email, http://pastebin.com/m3eaa2250 or attachment > > $ su -c' texhash' > Password: > texhash: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R... > texhash: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... > texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... > texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... > texhash: Done. > > // and it seems like texexec calls mktexlsr: > > $ kpsewhere --engine=pdftex cont-en.fmt > /home/mohamed/.texlive2007/texmf-config/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt > /home/mohamed/.texlive2007/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt > /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt Typesetting the bare minimal file works, but lua or xetex doesn't; $ texexec --lua test.tex TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1053 TeXExec | tex engine: luatex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | runtime: 0.124868 $ texexec start TeXExec | processing document 'start' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file start.top TeXExec | using randomseed 12 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/home/mohamed/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./start.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.05 18:47 MKII fmt: 2008.8.13 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 fr->ec:ec->4->2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 de->e c:ec->6->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:2 it->ec:ec->8->2:2 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:2 pt->ec:ec->10->2:2 hr->ec:ec->11->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:2 pl->ec:e c->13->2:2 pl->qx:qx->14->2:2 cs->il2:il2->15->2:2 cs->ec:ec->16->2:2 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:2 sk->ec:ec->18->2:2 sl->ec:ec->19->2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->21->2:2 gb->ec:e c->22->2:2 us->ec:ec->23->2:2 agr->agr:agr->24->2:2 da->ec:ec->25->2:2 sv->ec:e c->26->2:2 af->ec:ec->27->2:2 nb->ec:ec->28->2:2 nn->ec:ec->29->2:2 deo->ec:ec- > 30->2:2 es->ec:ec->35->2:2 ca->ec:ec->36->2:2 la->ec:ec->37->2:2 > ro->ec:ec->38 ->2:2 tr->ec:ec->39->2:2 fi->ec:ec->41->2:2 hu->ec:ec->42->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : start.top loaded (./start.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.mkii)) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (./start.tuo) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file start at line 1 fonts : resetting map file list {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: lm-ec {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-ec.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts : using map file: 8r-base {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map} fonts : using map file: t5-base {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/home/mohamed/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-def.mkii)) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex loading : Context Sorting Macros (languages) (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1] systems : end file start at line 3 system : cont-err loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ){/usr/share/texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1 /public/lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on start.pdf (1 page, 20360 bytes). Transcript written on start.log. TeXUtil | parsing file start.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 169 TeXUtil | expansions: 308 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 20 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 0.306815 Thanks

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Re: [NTG-context] [OS X TeX] Default rule thickness
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Bruno Voisin <bvoisin(a)me.com> wrote: > Le 6 août 08 à 09:34, Oliver Buerschaper a écrit : > >> does someone know how to find out the current value of >> default_rule_thickness in a (La)TeX document? TeX uses it to determine the >> line width of fraction bars and roots in math mode … > > The short story: 0.4 pt. > > The long story: LaTeX defines \frac in terms of the TeX primitive \over, and > \sqrt in terms of the TeX primitive \radical (a primitive being a command > defined in the source code of TeX itself). Hence the only way to get an > answer for sure would be to inspect the source code of TeX. > > The TeXbook has an appendix G "Generating boxes from formulas" mentioning in > several places (for \overline, \underline, \radical, ...) a > default_rule_thickness called either $\theta$ or $\xi_8$, but not giving its > value. Being a mere mortal, I must admit I can't make much sense of this > appendix. > > My feeling is that TeX uses the same default rule thickness for all rules > (in \overline, \underline, \over, \sqrt, \footnote, ...) and that it is the > thickness given at the beginning of chapter 21 "Making Boxes": > > \hrule width=<depends on contest>, height=0.4pt, depth=0.0pt > \vrule width=0.4pt, height=<depends on contest>, depth=<depends on contest> The rule is between 0.4pt and 0.5pt \starttext \dontleavehmode \scale[factor=200]{$1 \over 2$} \scale[factor=200]{$1 \above .47pt 2$} \stoptext > Now, if you want to specify the rule thickness yourself for a fraction, say > to 1pt, I see two solutions: > > - In plain TeX, replace \over by \above. For example, replace {a\over b} by > {a\above1pt b}. > > - In LaTeX, use the amsmath package and replace \frac by \genfrac. For > example, replace \frac{a}{b} by \genfrac{}{}{1pt}{}{a}{b}. > > I don't know what can be done for square roots. > > Bruno Voisin > > PS Normally, such a question which has nothing Mac-specific would be better > posted to a general LaTeX forum such as comp.tex.text. However, > comp.tex.text may be quite intimidating to the novice (chances are you'll > either get your question ignored or be flamed for asking a stupid question), > and as a result I have myself asked general questions here more than once > and avoid comp.tex.text whenever possible. Wolfgang

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Font problems with latest minimals on Linux
by Vasile Gaburici 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

I've switched to the rsync-ed minimals on Linux. There are still some problems with fonts: 1) Bold is still missing from fonts pulled via OSFONTDIR, e.g.: verdana Verdana /usr/share/fonts/vista/Verdana.ttf verdana bold italic Verdana Bold Italic /usr/share/fonts/vista/Verdanaz.ttf verdana italic Verdana Italic /usr/share/fonts/vista/Verdanai.ttf 2) OSFONTDIR is not recursive. To get the above I used "export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/vista/", just "export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/" doesn't work.

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more presentations
by Hans Hagen 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi, i uploaded a few more presentations from tug 2008: http://www.luatex.org/talks/tug2008-taco-luatex.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/tug2008-taco-mplib.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Table heading repeating on a new page
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi, Is it possible to do this? As in the "Chance this" and "To this" headings are repeated on the top of each page Beware the images are big; -http://imagebin.org/24166 -If the above doesn't work; http://imagebin.ca/view/LWZdNWP5.html Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Re: [NTG-context] Lastest Build on TeXlive 2008 and MikTeX 2.7
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Yes, it's perfectly fine if you just install this one into local tree > (or maybe even into global - at least that's what I do). The rest is > far less important. You only need to be aware that once you update a > package in global tree, the local tree will still have precedence. > > Mojca > Ok so I'm trying to install cont-tmf.zip on a Fedora 9 box with TexLive 2008 into my local ~/texmf/. $ kpsexpand '$TEXMFHOME' /home/mohamed/texmf $ ls ~/texmf/ bibtex cont-ext.zip cont-img.zip cont-ppc.zip doc metapost tex web2c context cont-fnt.zip cont-mpd.zip cont-tmf.zip fonts scripts tpm $ su -c 'texhash' Password: texhash: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... texhash: Done. But when I try to typeset; \starttext hello \stoptext I get this error; $ texexec start.tex /usr/bin/texmfstart:1838: warning: Insecure world writable dir /home/mohamed/Desktop/scala-2.7.1.final/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /home/mohamed/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/base/system.rb:16: warning: Insecure world writable dir /home/mohamed/Desktop/scala-2.7.1.final/bin in PATH, mode 040777 TeXExec | processing document 'start.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file start.top TeXExec | using randomseed 93 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/home/mohamed/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./start.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2008.7.12 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII FilesVersion : 2008.08.05 18:47 TeXUtil | unable to locate start.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 0 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 0 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | TeX run 2 TeXExec | writing option file start.top TeXExec | using randomseed 93 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/home/mohamed/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./start.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2008.7.12 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/home/mohamed/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII FilesVersion : 2008.08.05 18:47 TeXUtil | unable to locate start.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 0 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 0 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 0.397965 -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Reference Manual Project
by Taco Hoekwater 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi all, Following the discussion with Gerben over the past week, I have initialized a project for the creation of a new Context Reference Manual. The goal is to create a complete manual documenting all of context's user-level commands with the focus on creating a reference manual, but not so much on providing a learner's manual. Anybody who is willing and able to help out in any way is very much invited to join in. The manual is to be distributed under the GNU Free Document License so that it can borrow text from the wiki, and also so that it can be included in free TeX distributions (like TeX Live). I have merged and checked in tex sources of a few base manuals just to get started. The sources are part of the contextman project at supelec: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextman . There are no released files yet (that would be premature), but you can browse the repository via the SCM tab at supelec's project page. Alternatively, if you have a subversion client, check out the source tree to a local folder. There is also a mailing list, see http://lists.foundry.supelec.fr/mailman/listinfo/contextman-reference for details The current source tree in the repository is basically the english version of the 'Context Manual' plus * Fonts (mfonts.tex) * Columns sets (columns.tex) * Processing modes (mmodes.tex) * Texmfstart (mtexmfstart.tex) * Hyphenation patterns (mpattern.tex) but minus the images and using a simplified layout design. The project needs volunteers for just about everything: * merging existing manuals and wiki pages * copy-editing * writers for new chapters * proofreaders * it could also do with a nicer design so if you want to help out in any way, please subscribe to the mailing list via the link above (I don't want to overburden ntg-context with messages on this subject). Best wishes, Taco

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no linebreak before footnote after vertical line
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, to prevent long abbreviations from being hyphenated I use the vertical line. That's fine in most cases. Only, bad luck if there is a footnote following and this at the end of the line: \starttext bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla |WikiPOBia|\footnote{note}. \stoptext ... on my machine the second line starts with the footnote marker 1. Is there a general solution to avoid this bad coincidence? Thanks, Steffen

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presentations
by Hans Hagen 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, some presentations from tug 2008 are at http://www.luatex.org/talks/screen-luatex-tug-2008.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/print-luatex-tug-2008.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/screen-mplib-tug-2008.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/print-mplib-tug-2008.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/screen-punk-tug-2008.pdf http://www.luatex.org/talks/print-punk-tug-2008.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Scope of BodyFontSize etc.
by Oliver Buerschaper 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Dear wizards of ConTeXt, I'm wondering why ConTeXt doesn't seem to know about "BodyFontSize" in the "MPinclusions" block … try: --- \startMPinclusions DefaultRuleThickness := 0.47998pt*BodyFontSize/12pt; pickup pencircle scaled DefaultRuleThickness; defaultpen := savepen; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{localRule1a} draw fullsquare scaled BodyFontSize; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \startformula \Phi(\useMPgraphic{localRule1a}) \stopformula \stoptext --- As soon as I move the content of "MPinclusions" over to the beginning of my "useMPgraphic" code everything works as expected … Where's the best location to put this sort of definitions then? Is it the "MPenvironment" block? Oliver

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\setuplayout question
by Alan Stone 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, Some/oftentimes, the more I read the scattered documentation, the more I'm confused... and wasting my valuable time testing and trying to figure out how things work. Here is, for example, why... (1) From \showlayout topspace \topspace top \topheight (2) From "ConTeXt An Excursion", page 74 page 71, \setuplayout command parameters topspace dimension top (not referenced) topheight (not referenced) page 74, table 33.2 parameters for page design. topspace \topspace top (not referenced) topheight \topheight (3) From "ConTeXt main manual" page 24, \setuplayout command parameters topspace dimension top dimension topheight (not referenced) (4) From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout topspace \topspace top \topheight topheight (not referenced) (5) From http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/detail/221 topspace dimension top dimension topheight (not referenced) What is - topspace ? - top ? - topheight ? Please and thank you, Alan

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headstyle for synonyms
by Matthias Wächter 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Folks, Just wanted to send the following patch, requesting inclusion to ConTeXt. It adds support for headstyle option in \setupsynonyms by passing it to \definedescription. Maybe the \style option of \definedescription could be set by an additional option for \setupsynonyms as well, but as I am currently satisfied with the result in my document, I didn’t care yet. Thanks for considering, - Matthias --- core-syn-old.tex 2008-08-12 15:35:08.593750000 +0200 +++ core-syn.tex 2008-08-12 14:55:03.843750000 +0200 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ \c!inbetween=\synonymparameter\c!inbetween, \c!after=\synonymparameter\c!after, \c!indentnext=\synonymparameter\c!indentnext, - \c!headstyle=, + \c!headstyle=\synonymparameter\c!headstyle, \c!style=]% \setupwhitespace[\v!none]% %doutilities{#1}\jobname{#2}\relax\par % no longer \par @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ \fi \dosetupsynonyms [#1]% - [\c!synonymstyle=,\c!textstyle=, + [\c!synonymstyle=,\c!textstyle=,\c!headstyle=, \c!state=\v!start,\c!criterium=, \c!location=\v!left,\c!width=5em,\c!distance=0pt, \c!sample=,\c!hang=,\c!align=, @@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ [\v!abbreviation] [\c!textstyle=\v!capital, \c!synonymstyle=, + \c!headstyle=, \c!textcolor=, \c!synonymcolor=, \c!location=\v!left,

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mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value
by Henning Hraban Ramm 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

For I had some problems with my installation I tried to start from scratch. But I'm stuck with an error in mtxrun: Welcome to Darwin! user$ cd /usr/local/ConTeXt/ /usr/local/ConTeXt user$ rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . first-setup.sh sent 115 bytes received 1757 bytes 1248.00 bytes/sec total size is 1638 speedup is 0.88 /usr/local/ConTeXt user$ ./first-setup.sh receiving file list ... done bin/ bin/mtx-update-old.lua bin/mtx-update.lua bin/mtxrun bin/texlua sent 186 bytes received 6127742 bytes 331239.35 bytes/sec total size is 6126659 speedup is 1.00 MtxRun | version 1.1.0 - 2007+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin MtxRun | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /usr/local/ConTeXt MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /usr/local MtxRun | variable TEXMFCNF set to {$SELFAUTODIR,$SELFAUTOPARENT}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,.local,}/web2c} MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) MtxRun | using script: bin/mtx-update.lua state | loaded update | start /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin/mtxrun:1741: attempt to index a nil value And that's it. Line 1741 of mtxrun contains a popen command to execute a system command; but even if I change that (e.g. printing the accessed variable before), the error stays at that line, so the message is probably wrong. Please help? Greetlings, Hraban

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Box can't be reshaped
by Wolfgang Schuster 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Hi, Rotated text in \framed dproduce the following error message: ! Incompatible list can't be unboxed. \doreshapeframedbox ...hapebox \unvcopy \framebox \endofshapebox \global \@@... I run into this problem with a natural table. \starttext \setupTABLE[orientation=180] \bTABLE \bTR\bTD \input knuth \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext This happens only in MkII (the MkIV reshape code works) and i know I have to use a width for the each to let it work but is there no better solution for this. Wolfgang

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greek
by Jörg Hagmann 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Two questions concerning greek modules: 1. I switched to the new minimal installation (on a Mac and an ubuntu system) and noticed that I had to install the cb-fonts (for \usemodule[greek]) myself. Will the fonts be included in the future? (Just a question; I think they should be). 2. I wanted to try the t-greek-2008.05.11 module and unzipped in texmf-local (where I keep my fonts). The "Greek in proper context" etc. articles seem to be outdated, but from the sources I gathered that \usemodule[ancientgreek] or \usemodule[oldgreek] may be used, the latter only if the former doesn't work. I have the following problems/questions: A. \usemodule[ancientgreek] doesn't work (mark ii or mark iv). It gives me, e.g.: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \penalty \CCC:4:126 ->\penalty \plustenthousand \space \defineactivecharacter ... {\string #1#2}\empty #1 #2\else \uccode \activehac... \@@su:enablegreek ...vecharacter ~ {\lettertilde } \defineactivecharacter | {... \localgreek #1->\bgroup \directsetup {enablegreek} {#1}\egroup l.6 \localgreek{mo~usa,} ? B. \usemodule[oldgreek] works with the default font or with Teubner (mark ii and mark iv). But not with Gentium, although the TrueType fonts are installed in texmf-local>fonts>truetype>greek>gentium: !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file gentium): Font gentium at 720 not found ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! There is no pdf file in the "doc" directory. Maybe a new version is under construction? Why is it better to use the module "ancientgreek"? Thanks, Jörg

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Flow chart, XeTeX and transparent colors
by Wolfgang Schuster 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Hi, the background for the cells in flow charts are moved to the left when you use transparent colors in a document and XeTeX as engine. \usemodule[chart] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[tred][r=1,t=0.5,a=1] \setuphead[section][color=tred] \starttext \section{Section} \setupFLOWcharts [background=color, %backgroundcolor=tred, %backgroundcolor=red, ] \startFLOWchart \startFLOWcell \location{1,1} \text{project} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart \stoptext Wolfgang

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Font bugs on Windows (TeXLive 2008)
by Vasile Gaburici 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Problems: - Bold is not listed for *any* font from OSFONTDIR = C:/windows/fonts - Typesetting with any specified font fails C:\tlhome\Vasile>mtxrun --script fonts --list | qgrep Calibri calibri Calibri Calibri.otf calibri bold italic Calibri Bold Italic Calibri Bold Italic.otf calibri italic Calibri Italic Calibri Italic.otf C:\tlhome\Vasile>more hellolua.tex \font\x=calibri at 64pt \x Hello \TeX! \bye C:\tlhome\Vasile>luatex hellolua.tex This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008071819 (Web2C 7.5.7) (hellolua.tex ! Font \x=calibri at 64pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. <to be read again> \x l.2 \x Hello \TeX! ?X C:\tlhome\Vasile>more hellolua.tex \font\x=cyklop-regular at 64pt \x Hello \TeX! \bye C:\tlhome\Vasile>mtxrun --script fonts --list | qgrep Cyklop cyklop-italic Cyklop-Italic cyklop-italic.otf cyklop-regular Cyklop-Regular cyklop-regular.otf C:\tlhome\Vasile>luatex hellolua.tex This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008071819 (Web2C 7.5.7) (hellolua.tex ! Font \x=cyklop-regular at 64pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. <to be read again> \x l.2 \x Hello \TeX! ?X

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Re: [NTG-context] Two bibliography problems
by Michael Green 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote > Michael Green wrote: > >> >> The first problem, with the two periods after a book title, has been >> with me since at least last year. I can reproduce it with the >> following: >> >> [A] ConTeXt version. >> >> ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.05 18:47 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.6 int: english/ >> english >> > > Ah. This is using an experimental version of the bib module. I > uploaded > a new version of the module for testing two months ago, after reports > that the original bibl-apa was not quite following the apa guidelines. > There has been a lack of feedback up until now, so be careful, > there may well be more problems. > > Meanwhile, you could try the attached bibl-apa.tex instead. That solves my problem. Thanks! mjg

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Lastest Build on TeXlive 2008 and MikTeX 2.7
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Hi, How would I install that latest version of ConTeXt (the lua version) on *both* of the distributions mentioned. I occassionaly need to use LaTeX (especially on Windows), so I need MikTeX/Texlive running. -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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placing section heads in toc
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

Dear gang, This used to work: ================================= \definehead[intro][chapter] \setuphead [intro][numberstyle=normal, number=no, ownnumber=no, incrementnumber=no, continue=no, placehead=yes] \definecombinedlist[mycontent][intro,chapter] \setupcombinedlist [mycontent][alternative=c] \starttext \title{Table of Contents} \placemycontent \intro{Preface} \chapter{Test} \chapter{Test} \stoptext ================================= The \intro head does not appear in the toc unless I first comment "incrementnumber=no", which, of course, ruins the numbering. Is this a bug or is there a new protocol? Both mkiv and mkii diplay the same behavior. using ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.09 Is this a bug? If not, how can I get a non-numbered head into the toc? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\setuplist coupling parameter
by Alan Stone 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi, I screened the available resources (manuals, wiki, texshow) for the purpose and use of the \setuplist command coupling=on/off option without finding an answer. What is it for ? Thanks, Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] Thank you for the Chinese support, but still one question.
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Yue Wang wrote: > Hi, Hans: > > Today I am trying to compile my new book chapter on aerosol science > using MKIV. It works great! Thank you. > Most commands are successful (rm, ss, mono) after I define a > typescript for the Chinese font. > commands like \bfa also works. > However, basic TeX commands like \bf, \it, don't work. > I attach a minimal example in the mail. > Is there anything wrong in the document? Thank you. there was a bug as well as the fact that your definition is wrong % engine=luatex \ctxlua{fonts.collections.trace = true} \definefontfeature[zh][mode=node,script=hang,lang=zhs] \starttypescript [serif] [zhfont] \definefontsynonym [zhserif] [AdobeSongStd-Light] [features=zh] \definefontsynonym [zhserifbold] [AdobeHeitiStd-Regular] [features=zh] \definefontfallback[serifwhatever] [lmroman10-regular] [0x0000-0x0400] [force=yes] \definefontfallback[serifboldwhatever][lmroman10-bold] [0x0000-0x0400] [force=yes] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [zhfont] [name] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [zhserif] [fallbacks=serifwhatever] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold][zhserifbold][fallbacks=serifboldwhatever] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myfont] \definetypeface[myfont][rm][serif][zhfont] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myfont] \setupbodyfont[myfont, rm, 12pt] \starttext A 字体测试。 {\bf A 字体测试。{\tfx A 字体测试。 \bfx A 字体测试。} } \stoptext works with the beta (i uploaded a new version) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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multiple documents in one PDF
by PChot 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi, i there some easy way, that i would create one tex file with more documents in it. Here i mean complete documents everyone with papir config, starttext, stoptext. As result i would like to have one pdf with all this documents. I generating tex files programical so i want to speed up some work ( to open and print each pdf) Only solution i know at the moment is to concatenate pdfs (i dont like it) BTW1: what is ConTeXt command to change A4 papir to landscape. Thx, Jan -- Macs are for those who don't want to know why their computer works. Linux is for those who want to know why their computer works. DOS is for those who want to know why their computer doesn't work. Windows is for those who don't want to know why their computer doesn't work.

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Index struggles
by Willi Egger 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi community! Please run the attached sample file and see whether you get a correct index. In my case I only get the indicator letters and under each indicator a single letter with page number therafter. Do I miss something? I am running luatex ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.11 11:45 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.11 int: english/english Thanks Willi

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Custom Section / Table of contents inside a table
by Demian Gutierrez 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi folks, I'm making a document with a lot of tables. I have templates for all the kinds of tables, so authors only have to use the predefined macros to fill the tables. That is working pretty well, but I still have two little problems. The first one, is that some of the author filled fields in the tables should be part of the content table of the document, but in the filled table itself, they should still look as normal text. To do so, I have defined my own section, this way: \definehead[fieldNameSection][subsection] \setuphead[fieldNameSection][number=no, textstyle=\tfe] And made a table of contents: \definecombinedlist[content][fieldNameSection,myheader,subsection,subsubsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [content][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] So if I do: \fieldNameSection{Some Title} And then: \placecontent It works well and shows the entry in the table of contents. But when I do it inside the table macro definition, and then use the macro: \def\bCrudCampo{ \doifnothing{\getvariable{CrudCampo}{CrudCampo}} {\section{Descripción de Campos}} \setvariables[CrudCampo][CrudCampo=FLG] \bgroup \def\bNombreCampoGUI##1\eNombreCampoGUI{ \setvariables[CrudCampo][NombreCampoGUIVAL={##1}] \setvariables[CrudCampo][NombreCampoGUIFLG=FLG] } } \def\eCrudCampo{ \def\keyNombreCampoGUI{Nombre del Campo (GUI):} \setupTABLE[c][1][width=0.2\textwidth] \setupTABLE[c][2][width=0.8\textwidth] \bTABLE[frame=on] \bTR \bTD {\bf \keyNombreCampoGUI} \eTD \bTD % COMENTED ----------------------------------------------> % \doifelsenothing{\getvariable{CrudCampo}{NombreCampoGUIFLG}} % {\EMPTY}{\getvariable{CrudCampo}{NombreCampoGUIVAL}} % COMENTED ----------------------------------------------> \fieldNameSection{*\getvalue{CrudCampo:NombreCampoGUIVAL}*} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \vskip2mm \egroup } So when I use the \fieldNameSection{*\getvalue{CrudCampo:NombreCampoGUIVAL}*} in the previous code I get nothing but an empty entry in the table of contents (well in fact with the "*" before and after I get just "**"). The entry is shown in the TOC, but I don't see the text, only the dots and the page number. It's like at some point the variable is empty at the moment of generating the table of contents or something like that. I really have not a clue about what I'm doing wrong... The second issue is that the previous commented code: \doifelsenothing{\getvariable{CrudCampo}{NombreCampoGUIFLG}} {\EMPTY}{\getvariable{CrudCampo}{NombreCampoGUIVAL}} Is the best way I've found so far to show an "EMPTY" in one of the table fields when the author forgets to fill a row when using the template. I've tried a lot of combinations of \setvariable, \setvalue, and several \doifSOMETHING, but at this point it only works if the author omits the \bNombreCampoGUI \eNombreCampoGUI pair, but if he puts the commands, but left the content empty, then I don't get "EMPTY" as result in the table and only got an empty string (nothing) and I would like to have the "EMPTY" in both cases. Also I don't like to use the variable NombreCampoGUIFLG, I think it's just a dirty trick, but is the only solution I found so far. Is there a better way to do the empty test there to achieve the desired behavior? Thanks in advance, for any opinion, suggestion, critics or help :-) Best Regards, Demián.

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Fontsize
by Ulrich Dirr 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hi, is it possible now (with luatex or mkiv) to typeset a document in bp? I've tried \setupbodyfont[9bp] but the resulting pdf uses 8,97bp which means 9pt (TeX points)? Ulrich

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Parameters of criterium
by Eric DÉTREZ 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hello again I'm experimenting with menus. I wish to get menu that are "section-sensitive" : in a section I wish a menu with all sections and only subsections of the current section (it hides the other subsections). I imagined that the criterium =xxxxx was the key but I don't get the desired result. Is there any documentation about this parameter ?

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release
by Hans Hagen 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

Hi, We have a new release (unless severe problems show up, this release will stay for a while). If possible, the next release (oktober) will have an alternative vertical spacing (mkiv only) and a reimplmented sectioning/list/numbering mechanism (mkiv only). There are also new zips of mininmals and cdwincontext. These now match the minimals on the garden. Of course you're strongly advised to use the garden. Of course there will be the usual lot of betas. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Two bibliography problems
by Michael Green 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Michael Green wrote: >> [snip] >> (1) I get two periods after a book title when using >> \setuppublications[alternative=apa]. >> >> [snip] >> >> This happens with all books. On looking at the source, I'm afraid I >> can't track down where it's coming from or how to fix it. >> >> (2) Is it possible to use smart quotes in citations? For instance, >> for >> this book, authored by O'Donovan, I can enter the appropriately curly >> character between O and D in my bibtex file. But it comes out >> straight >> in the final document. > > Can you tell what version of context you are using and post a short > but complete example of your input? Neither problem sounds familiar, > so I have to look at your actual code to see that is going on. > > Best wishes, > Taco > I can't reproduce the second problem, with the straight/smart quotes. Let's ignore it. The first problem, with the two periods after a book title, has been with me since at least last year. I can reproduce it with the following: [A] ConTeXt version. ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.05 18:47 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.6 int: english/english This is based TeXLive 2007, originally installed with the MacTeX installer and updated with cont-tmf,zip from pragma and the ppc- darwin binaries from http://minimals.contextgarden.net/pragma/osx-ppc/ texmf-osx-ppc/bin/. My understanding of TeX installations is not sophisticated. Perhaps I goofed. But everything seems to work. [B] File \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa,refcommand=authoryear] \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={Kav86},totalnumber=1] \startpublication[k=Kavka:1986qe,t=book, a={{Kavka}},y=1986, n=2,s=Kav86] \author[]{Gregory}[G.]{}{Kavka} \pubyear{1986} \title{Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory} \city{Princeton} \pubname{Princeton University Press} \stoppublication \starttext Here is a reference to the Kavka book: \cite[Kavka:1986qe] \placepublications \stoptext The output I get is: Here is a reference to the Kavka book: Kavka (1986) Kavka, G. (1986). Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory.. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Thanks for your help. Michael

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Menus in presentation
by Eric DÉTREZ 10 Aug '08

10 Aug '08

Hello again Is it possible to get a menu in the left side of presentation ? Any sample ?

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Using module:bib
by Maurício 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

Hi, What is wrong with my attempt to create a bibliography and a reference to it? All I get is a (Xxxxx,0000) where I use \cite, and no list of references at \placepublications. %------------------------- \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[pt] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublicationlist[] \startpublication[t=manual, a=Fung, y=1993, n=1] \author{}[Y.C.]{}{Fung} \title{Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues} \stoppublication \starttext According to \cite[1]. \placepublications \stoptext %------------------------- Thanks, Maurício

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Two bibliography problems
by Michael Green 09 Aug '08

09 Aug '08

This sort of bibliography entry gives me two kinds of trouble. @book{ODonovan:1999uv, Address = {Grand Rapids, Michigan}, Author = {O'Donovan, Joan Lockwood and O'Donovan, Oliver}, Publisher = {William B. Eerdmans}, Title = {From Irenaeus to Grotius: a sourcebook in Christian political thought, 100-1625}, Year = {1999}} (1) I get two periods after a book title when using \setuppublications [alternative=apa]. For this particular entry, here is what I get. O'Donovan, J. L. and O'Donovan, O. (1999). From Irenaeus to Grotius: a sourcebook in Christian political thought, 100-1625.. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans. This happens with all books. On looking at the source, I'm afraid I can't track down where it's coming from or how to fix it. (2) Is it possible to use smart quotes in citations? For instance, for this book, authored by O'Donovan, I can enter the appropriately curly character between O and D in my bibtex file. But it comes out straight in the final document. Thanks! Michael

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goto(box) and setuplist questions
by Alan Stone 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Hi, (1) \goto(box) (1a) What's the difference between - goto and gotobox ? (1b) With \goto{Table of Contents}[contents] each word separately is interactive, not the whole word. How do you make so ? (3) \setuplist (3a) what is - depth ? - maxwidth ? (3b) margin=xpt sets the left margin to xpt How to set the right margin to xpt ? Thanks, Alan

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hiding enumerations
by Eric DÉTREZ 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Hello again I wish to use the structure of block to hide somme of them. Unfortunately reseting them doesn't seem to work. Here is a minimal example : ****************************************************** \starttext \defineenumeration[exercice][location=inleft] \defineblock[titre,question,reponse] \hideblocks[,reponse] \begintitre \exercice {\bf Facile} \endtitre% % \beginquestion $\displaystyle \sin\left(\pi \over 6\right)$ \endquestion \beginreponse $1 \over 2$ \endreponse {\bf Réponses} \reset[exercice] \useblocks[titre,reponse] \stoptext ****************************************************** I get an error with ****************************************************** ! Undefined control sequence. \currentdescriptionnumber ... \currentdescription \??dd \c!number \endcsname \@@ddresetsubsubsubnumber ...entdescriptionnumber }\resetnumber [\v! sub \v!s... \@@ddresetsubsubnumber ...b \v!sub \c!number }{#1} \resetnumber [\v! sub \v!su... \@@ddresetsubnumber ...!sub \v!sub \c!number }{#1} \resetnumber [\v! sub \@@de... \@@ddresetnumber ...s!reset \v!sub \c!number }{#1} \resetnumber [\@@descripti... \next1 #1,->\dodoreset{#1} \doprocesscommaitem … 1.47 \reset[exercice] ****************************************************** The line (47) is not the correct one here I deleted comments.

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modules
by luigi scarso 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

New version of modules . http://groups.foundry.supelec.fr/modules/ -- luigi

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Default rule thickness
by Oliver Buerschaper 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

Dear ConTeXters, does someone know how to determine the current default_rule_thickness ConTeXt uses in math mode? Cheerio, Oliver

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\word of synonyms
by Matthias Wächter 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hi list! What am I doing wrong? \Word, \Words and \WORDS cannot be applied to synonyms, they are displayed unmodified which is a pity as these words should be capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. Is there a solution? \starttext \definesynonyms[term][terms] \setupsynonyms[term][headstyle=bold,width=4cm,criterium=all] \term[FTce]{fault tolerance}{The ability of a system to mitigate a fault avoiding desastrous behavior} \placelistofterms Original: \FTce\ First letter: \Word{\FTce} All first letters: \Words{\FTce} All letters: \WORDS{\FTce} First letter: \Word{fault tolerance} All first letters: \Words{fault tolerance} All letters: \WORDS{fault tolerance} \stoptext Thanks, - Matthias

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OTF features
by Willi Egger 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear OTF-users, Is there a simple way to get to know the features wich a given OTF has? Happy TeXing! Willi

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MPpage and single PDFs
by Oliver Buerschaper 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Dear wizards, I was wondering whether there's a way to have ConTeXt spill out each \startMPpage … \stopMPpage it encounters as a separate PDF file … by default all MPpages seem to be collected into a single PDF file. Which is nice as long as this file is postprocessed by another ConTeXt document … however, I need to extract the individual figures from within LaTeX. So if anyone happens to know how to instruct LaTeX's graphicx package to do just that this would be a lovely alternative :-) Oliver

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Page numbering and first page
by Eric DÉTREZ 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hello Is it any way to get a different page numbering for the first page (and different heads and foots). I used to do in plain tex with a test : ********************************************* \newif\ifpageun \ifnum\pageno=1 \pageuntrue \else \pageunfalse \fi \footline={\ifpageun \hfil \global \pageunfalse \else \numpage=\pageno \advance\numpage by \decale \ifodd\numpage\rm \the\nom \hfill --page \the\numpage-- \else \rm --page \the\numpage--\hfill\the \nom \fi \fi} ********************************************* (names are french) but maybe there is a simpler way in Context.

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibliographic entries
by Ernesto Schirmacher 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

> Ernesto Schirmacher wrote: >> >> Dear ConTeXt experts, >> >> I have a question about bibliographic entries and I'm using ConTeXt bib >> module (which is really great!!). >> >> I have an article with a title that ends in a question mark. When the >> entry is typeset an additional period is placed at the end of the >> article via the \insertarttitle{ \bgroup``}{.'' \egroup}{} command. >> >> Is there an easy way to adjust the \insertarttitle command so that if >> the last character of the title entry in the bib-file is a punctuation >> character (say ! or ?), then we do not append a period? > > No, not at this time, sorry. > > Best wishes, > Taco > Taco, thanks for the response. Over the weekend I found a solution to my problem: Instead of handling punctuation within the \insertarttitle{}{}{} command I changed the BibTeX style file (cont-no.bst) to add the periods to those title entries that need it with the command add.period$. And those titles that end in "?" or "!" are properly handled by add.period$. Ernesto

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inter-word spacing (initials)
by Alan Bowen 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

I apologize to all, but circumstances oblige me to pick up a very pedestrian thread for the third time. As Peter Münster noted: in the following test-file \starttext x. x, x x\crlf x, x. x x\crlf x,\ x.\ x\ x\crlf x.\ x,\ x\ x\crlf X. X, X X\crlf X, X. X X\crlf X,\ X.\ X\ X\crlf X.\ X,\ X\ X \stoptext you see 2 bugs: - in MKIV there is no bigger space after "x." - in MKII the space after "x.\ " is a big one The problem remains in ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.31 16:30 for MKII (which I am using). I am do not know if here have been any changes in MKIV. Is there a fix for this in the works? I am about to publish a series of pages which will look vastly better if this is fixed. Alan

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Bibliographic entries
by Ernesto Schirmacher 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Dear ConTeXt experts, I have a question about bibliographic entries and I'm using ConTeXt bib module (which is really great!!). I have an article with a title that ends in a question mark. When the entry is typeset an additional period is placed at the end of the article via the \insertarttitle{ \bgroup``}{.'' \egroup}{} command. Is there an easy way to adjust the \insertarttitle command so that if the last character of the title entry in the bib-file is a punctuation character (say ! or ?), then we do not append a period? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Best regards, Ernesto

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Lucida (from a newbie) question
by Eric DÉTREZ 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Hello I'm trying to switch from plain TeX (with my own set of macros) to ConTeXt. I bought the Lucida fonts and I wish ti use them. I don't find how to do this on my Mac-Live with TexShop install. I promise I've read anything I could find on the ConTeXt wiki. Thank's by advance.

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Understanding ConTeXt better. What does \doattributes do?
by Elliot Clifton 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Hi, I've been reading the Document Titles page on the wiki <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_Titles>. I'm trying to better understand how ConTeXt works. Could someone explain what \doattributes does? It doesn't appear to be covered in the Inside ConTeXt section of the wiki. Also on the subject of Document Titles. Why is it that \setuptitle is called several times at the end of the source code? TIA, Elliot

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missing dotlabel in mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Aug '08

04 Aug '08

Hi, In MKIV/mplib, dotlabel does not draw a dot. Here is a test file. I am using ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.31 16:30 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.2 and MetaPost, version 1.085 (kpathsea version 3.5.5). I don't know how to find the version of mplib being used. \starttext \startMPpage dotlabel.bot(\sometxt{(0,0)}, origin) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext Aditya

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Persian translation of "Context an excursion"
by Mehdi Omidali 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

Hi everyone, I am translating "Context an excursion" to persian and I have a problem in the style. I use MKIV for this translation but navigation tools and metapost pictures are not displayed in the output. I use texlivetest2008 and the latest luatex and mpost from www.luatex.org (but I don't know how to install pascal metapost and maybe that is the problem). Please take a look at www.omidali.com/excursion.rar I have included the fonts that I have used. I run the following command texexec --lua --mode=screen ma.cb Thanks

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menu question
by Alan Stone 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

Hi, With... \startinteractionmenu[right] \placecontent[..., criterium=chapter (or section), ...] \stopinteractionmenu and chapter/section lists longer than the text area height, how do you prevent the menu items from extending beyond the bottom of the text area (and page) and have the menu scroll down after the menu's bottom chapter/section item ? I tried my luck with distance=\textheight but no luck and don't see any other option which could provide this feature. Thanks, Alan

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mkii and xetex with tl2008: invalid fontname errors
by Jesse Alama 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

Using XeTeX and ConTeXt MkII with the TeX Live 2008 developer snapshot (as of a few days ago), I run into a bunch of "invalid fontname" errors when compiling some documents: $ texmfstart texexec --xtx file.tex TeXExec | processing document 'file.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file file.top TeXExec | using randomseed 518 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeXk, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.2 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (./file.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKII fmt: 2008.7.15 int: english/english [snip] kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-bolditalic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' kpathsea: Invalid fontname `texgyrepagella-bolditalic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep;', contains ':' [many more errors like that] Any idea what might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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endnotes and navigation
by Gerben Wierda 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

I am using endnotes and footnotes. Is it possible to add navigation to these, that is, when I am reading the PDF file I can click on a endnote number, go to the endnote and when I click on the endnote number there I get transported back to the location where it was used? G

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Re: [NTG-context] Error when calling \placecontent from product
by Elliot Clifton 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Thanks, Hans and Wolfgang. On 2008-08-01 15:12 +100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Delete the temporyry files and remove "../" from "\environment ../env- > test" > in prd-test.tex. Spotted that on closer inspection. Pesky typos! Also realised I was using square brackets with \startenvironment which is not permitted. I should pay more attention ;-) Elliot

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list bug when using margin?
by Gerben Wierda 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

The following list \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item A is larger than B. \item B is larger than C. \item Therefore, A is larger than C. \stopitemize displays fine except it is not indented. So I added: \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup,margin=4em] \item A is larger than B. \item B is larger than C. \item Therefore, A is larger than C. \stopitemize and as a result, the list was not enumerated and it was not packed or joined up. Bug? Or misunderstanding? G

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Re: [NTG-context] Error when calling \placecontent from product
by Elliot Clifton 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Thanks Wolfgang, On 2008-07-31 11:38 +100 Wolfgang Schuster >\def\dostartArticle[#1]% >{\getparameters[my][title=,#1]% >\expanded{\chapter{\mytitle}}} I have tried wrapping the call to \chapter in \expanded. Hans, also suggested that here: www.ntg.nl/maps/20/12.pdf Unfortunately doesn't seem to work. I think the problem occurs in the final run of TeXexec, whilst finalising the ToC. Is it something to do with the .tuo file? systems : begin file prd-test at line 1 systems : begin file ../env-test at line 2 systems : end file ../env-test at line 2 (./prd-test.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \mytitle \listtextcommand #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...ont \limitatedlistentry {\mytitle }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... ... l.30 ...}{1}{1}{\mytitle }{2--0-1-0-0-0-0-0--1}{1} Just to be clear, \mytitle is defined by \getparameters in my environment file -- 'env-test'. The product 'prd-test' includes the component 'cmp-test'. The problem only occurs when ConTeX tries to build the product, not the component. What is it about the relationship between the product and component that cuases the trouble? Regards, Elliot

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font eatures with fallback fonts
by Khaled Hosny 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Font features doesn't seem to work with fallback fonts (or I didn't get it right). See the attached file (has some comments) -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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system modes
by Alan Stone 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Hi, There are *some* system modes listed in the modes manual and main manual. Are *all* system modes listed somewhere ? Alan

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xml mapping on the fly - revisit
by Johannes Graumann 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Hello, I while ago (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080214.090451.b23da5b9.en.html) I asked whether the creation of a xml mapping tag was possible using mark V. I'm about to revisit this after some long absence and would like to know whether there's anything new and nifty which might help achieving this. Thanks for your hints, Joh

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A BibTeX problem ?
by Thomas Bottini 01 Aug '08

01 Aug '08

Hello, I would like to use BibTeX files with ConTeXt, but I encounter a strange problem. Here is my main tex file (test.tex) : \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \mainlanguage[fr] \enableregime[utf] \setuppublications[alternative=apa-fr,criterium=all] \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext \nocite[*] \completepublications \stoptext I have made a copy of the very famous xampl.bib in the directory which hosts test.tex. When I run "texexec test", I get six strange error messages. Here is a part of my log : system : module bib loaded (/home/amleth/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/t-bib.tex publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/home/amleth/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/bibl-apa.tex)) system : module bibltx loaded (/home/amleth/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/t-bibltx.tex) publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa-fr (/home/amleth/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/bibl-apa-fr.tex) publications : wrote a new auxiliary file test.aux (/home/amleth/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) publications : file test.bbl not found, waiting for bibtex systems : begin file test at line 10 {vertical mode: \tracingstats} {\tracingpages} {\tracingoutput} {\tracinglostchars} {\tracingmacros} {\tracingparagraphs} {\tracingrestores} {\showboxbreadth} {\showboxdepth} {\tracinggroups} {\tracingifs} {\tracingscantokens} {\tracingnesting} {\tracingassigns} {into \tracingassigns=2} {\errorstopmode} {\tracingonline} {changing \tracingonline=1} ! Undefined control sequence. \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage {#1}\ifcsname #2\currentte... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.13 \stoptext ? ! Undefined control sequence. \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage #3\endcsname \csname #2\cu... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.13 \stoptext ? ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \currenttextprefixlanguage \defaultlanguage #1->\@EA \ifx \csname \??la #1 \c!default \endcsname \empty ... \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage #3\endcsname \csname #2\de... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.13 \stoptext ? ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \currenttextprefixlanguage \defaultlanguage ...faultlanguage \csname \??la #1 \c!default \endcsname \fi \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage #3\endcsname \csname #2\de... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.13 \stoptext ? ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@ladefault \defaultlanguage #1->\@EA \ifx \csname \??la #1 \c!default \endcsname \empty ... \defaultlanguage ...\??la #1\c!default \endcsname \fi \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage #3\endcsname \csname #2\de... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.13 \stoptext ? ! Missing control sequence inserted. <inserted text> \inaccessible <to be read again> { <argument> \edef { fr}References \firstofoneargument #1->#1 <argument> ...ofoneargument {\edef {fr}References} \endstrut }\xdef \localhea... \@@ko::normal ...eadtextwidth \fi \noindent \fi #2 } ... l.13 \stoptext ? I must admit that I'm completely lost... Thank you in advance for your precious help... Thomas, from Paris, France.

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greek again
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, cidadaum at sapo.pt wrote: > Where did you unzip the module? > Aditya Here: adsm@adsm:~/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/greek> ls t-ancientgreek.mkii t-ancientgreek.tex type-agr.mkii type-agr.tex t-ancientgreek.mkiv t-oldgreek.tex type-agr.mkiv adsm@adsm:~/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/greek> The fonts are in: adsm@adsm:~/context/tex/texmf/fonts/ Thanks for your help! Armando

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cont-enp.pdf on lulu
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Hi, Why not submit cont-enp.pdf (ConTeXt the manual) to lulu? I do appreciate the hard work that's going into the documentation, but at some places the english doesn't flow that well. Out of curiosity how many people proof read the documentation before they're released? -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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trouble with math arrows
by Jesse Alama 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Something goes wrong with this simple example: <--- snip ---> \definemathoverarrow [overrightarrow] [\rightarrowfill] \def\Ray#1{\overrightarrow{#1}} \starttext Hello world! $\Ray{ABC}$. \stoptext <--- snip ---> It leads to: ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> \displaystyle \dodohandlemathoverarrow ...{\ialign {##\crcr #2#3 \crcr \noalign {\kern #1\n... \mathpalette ...>\mathchoice {#1\displaystyle {#2} }{#1\textstyle {#2}}{#1\sc... l.6 Hello world! $\Ray{ABC} $. ? ! Emergency stop. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> \displaystyle \dodohandlemathoverarrow ...{\ialign {##\crcr #2#3 \crcr \noalign {\kern #1\n... \mathpalette ...>\mathchoice {#1\displaystyle {#2} }{#1\textstyle {#2}}{#1\sc... l.6 Hello world! $\Ray{ABC} $. (This is done with a live pdftex on the garden.) Any ideas? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Re: [NTG-context] Making a template, defining a macro
by Demián Gutierrez 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Thanks a million! Works perfect :-) Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Demián Gutierrez > <dmi(a)minotauro.com.ve> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have to prepare a template to typeset a document that will have a >> lot of tables of similar kinds repeated across the document. I want to >> put that tables in some kind of templates, so I can use those >> templates over and over. So the idea is to hide to the authors all the >> format details behind the template allowing them to focus on the data >> that has to be filled in those tables (which is the important thing). >> >> So, I would like to define some macros, that allows me to do something like: >> >> \starttableX >> \startSomeField >> Some Field Value... >> \stopSomeField >> >> \startOtherField >> Other Field Value... >> \stopOtherField >> \stoptableX >> >> And the result, should be a table like this: >> >> | Some Field Label: | Some Field Value... | >> | Other Field Label: | Other Field Value... | >> >> That way I define a template for each table type I'll have in the document. >> >> I'm not having trouble with the tables, but with the macro definition, >> this is my approximation of what I want (which does not work): >> >> \startsetups crudmain >> \long\def\startguiname #1 >> \stopguiname{\setvariables[crudmain][guiname=#1]} >> \long\def\startclassname #1 >> \stopclassname{\setvariables[crudmain][classname=#1]} >> >> GUI Name: \getvariable{crudmain}{guiname} >> Class Name: \getvariable{crudmain}{classname} >> \stopsetups >> >> \definestartstop[crudmain][commands=\setups{crudmain}] >> >> \startcrudmain >> \startguiname >> Some name here... >> \stopguiname >> \startclassname >> Other name here... >> \stopclassname >> \stopcrudmain >> >> At this point I'm getting this error: >> >> ! Use of \startguiname doesn't match its definition. >> >> I want the \long\def\startguiname inside the \startsetups / >> \stopsetups to be sure that it will only be called inside the >> \startcrudmain / \stopcrudmain (Cause other tables of different types >> may have fields with the same name). But even considering the previous >> point, if I move the \long\def\startguiname outside the \startsetups / >> \stopsetups definition it does not works, because the >> \getvariable{crudmain}{guiname} just returns blank. >> >> So is it possible to do what I want or something similar? What would >> be a good way to do it? Any advice on the code I've already written? >> This is really getting me crazy, cause context is not like any other >> programming language I'm used to use ;-) > > \def\startcrudmain > {\bgroup > \def\startguiname##1\stopguiname > {\setvalue{crudmain:guiname}{##1}}% > \def\startclassname##1\stopclassname > {\setvalue{crudmain:classname}{##1}}} > > \def\stopcrudmain > {\bTABLE[frame=off]% > \bTR > \bTD GUI Name: \eTD > \bTD \getvalue{crudmain:guiname} \eTD > \eTR > \bTR > \bTD Class Name: \eTD > \bTD \getvalue{crudmain:classname} \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > \egroup} > > \starttext > > \startcrudmain > \startguiname > Some name here... > \stopguiname > \startclassname > Other name here... > \stopclassname > \stopcrudmain > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > >

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problem with \appendtoks \to\everypar
by Steffen Wolfrum 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Hi, There is no hangover for italics. Please have a look: \starttext \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=1em} \definestartstop[hangingarea] [before={\bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar}, after=\egroup] \starthangingarea \input tufte {\it italic} text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text roman test text \stophangingarea \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] mkii and xetex with tl2008: invalid fontname errors
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Jul '08

31 Jul '08

Taco: > ... does it actually work, and can you explain why? I don't get the "error" any more with that fix (and it's not an error anyway). The problem is that if there is no "file:" prefix in font synonyms, then ConTeXt asks for \font\whatever="texgyre-whatever:options" and XeTeX first asks fontconfig, font not there, and then asks kpathsea and kpathsea complains about "font not present". With minimals I don't get that complaint printed out. It used to complain in some other way some time ago, but let's forget that for a moment. Then, since ConTeXt figures out that font doesn't exist, it asks for \font\whatever="[texgyge-whatever]:options" and then XeTeX finds the font and ConTeXt uses it. There's a third iteration asking for a font without quotes, but I should check the exact order of those three attempts, and maybe attempt without quotes is not needed any more since Jonathan fixed the behaviour of quoted filenames to also look for kpathsea fonts, not only system fonts if I recall correctly. If there is "file:" prefix, the first iteration is skipped, so it's more efficient to load fonts. We have fixed that (added "file:" in front of names) in number of font definitions some time ago (most important being LM since it's really used each time when one compiles a XeTeX document), but those "palatino"/"times" synonyms were not fixed at the time of major changes for some reason (overseen, me being lazy, it worked anyway?, ... I don't quite remember). However, there is still "problem" with "+trep" (a missing/unneeded mapping, depends on how you treat it) in this font call: texgyrepagella-italic:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; trep and tlig both happened to map to tex-text some time ago. Then I asked Hans to optimize the behaviour a bit since some mappings of " and ` were really cruel and lead to inability to use grave accents at all. He removed some mappings, but left both tlig and trep there. In luatex, tlig does a mapping of -- and --- and trep does a mapping of apostrophe. In XeTeX +tlig option in "features=default" gets replaced by "mapping=tlig" which has all the three replacements (--, --- and ') font-ini.tex: \remapfontfeature tlig yes mapping=tlig while +trep is passed unmodified to xetex. So the behaviour is inconsistent in LuaTeX and XeTeX (no reason why it should be), but it just happens that nobody cares/complains. The second option would be useful if one really wanted to recall all the other TeX ligatures and replacements back (`, ``, ", >>, <<, `<, `> or whatever else is there), else I think that having two options is really not needed. tlig and trep used to have all the other old TeX replacements & ligatures there, but I asked Hans to remove most of them exactly for the reason mentioned above (grave accents were gone). XeTeX just happens not to complain about "+trep", but that "+trep" should be removed one day. Maybe just font-ini.tex: \remapfontfeature trep yes [empty] Mojca

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